Associate Professor Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
Biography
Dr. Soumya Pandit is currently an Associate Professor in the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India. He received the B.Sc (Physics Honours), M.Sc (Electronic Science) and M.Tech (Radio Physics and Electronics) degrees from the University of Calcutta in 1998, 2000 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Pandit started his career as Lecturer at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, under Maulana Abul Kalam University of Technology. He served as Research Consultant at Advanced VLSI Design Laboratory, IIT Kharagpur from 2003 to 2008. During this period he acted as lead project scientist in several R&D projects sponsored by semiconductor industries like National Semiconductor, USA and government agencies like MeitY. Dr. Pandit acquired the Ph.D. degree in the domain of VLSI Design from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in the year 2009. He had researched in developing design methodologies and associated computer-aided design tools for High-level Synthesis of CMOS Analog Circuits in his Ph.D. work. He joined the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta as an Assistant Professor in the year 2008.
Dr. Pandit has successfully taped out several CMOS analog integrated circuits in 0.8 micron and 0.18 micron CMOS technology. Dr. Pandit has published more than 55 number of papers in leading international journals and conferences. He has authored a book titled Nano-Scale CMOS Analog Circuits : Models and CAD Techniques for High Level Design, published by CRC Press, USA and several book chapters in edited volumes published by CRC Press, Springer, IET. Dr. Pandit had successfully completed 4 R&D projects sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, TEQIP, Phase-II, University of Calcutta, UGC and others.
Dr. Pandit has developed the IC Design Laboratory at the Department of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, meant for post graduate teaching and research students. His current research interest includes Ultra-Low Power CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Statistical Analysis of Electronic Circuits, Compact Modeling of Advanced Semiconductor Devices.
Dr. Pandit is a Senior Member of IEEE, USA. He served the IEEE Electron Devices Society in various capacities like Vice Chair, SRC (2018-2021), Region-10, Chapter Chair, EDS Kolkata Chapter. He is currently the Regional Editor, R-10 of the IEEE EDS Newsletter and is also a member of the Regions and Chapters Committee (2022-onwards). He is the founder Chapter Adviser of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, University of Calcutta Student Branch Chapter. Dr. Pandit is a Chartered Engineer [India] in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Fellow of IETE (India).